National Anthem

patna: rjd chief laloo prasad yadav and his chief minister wife rabri devi were on saturday in the midst of a controversy over showing disrespect to the national anthem at the official republic day function here. a section of the audience claimed that both laloo yadav and rabri devi were seen sitting when the national anthem was played during the closing ceremony. a private tv channel also showed a footage that the couple remained seated while the national anthem was played. however, yadav denied...

SRINAGAR: Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Aasiya Andrabi was today booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for allegedly hoisting Pakistani flag on the neighbouring country's national day on Monday. "A case has been registered against Andrabi at Nowhatta Police station under Section 13 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act," a police officer said. He said investigations have started into the alleged hoisting of Pakistani flag by the separatist leader...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine whether the national anthem could be exploited commercially by Bollywood and how the actors should respond to it when featured in films. A bench comprising chief justice RC Lahoti, justice SB Sinha and justice SH Kapadia said it will go into the question of use of national anthem in films as well as examine whether actors in films should stand up when it is being sung. "We will hear the petition on all points except the...

KOCHI: In a relief to Union Minister Shashi Tharoor , a court here today discharged him in the 2008 national anthem case . Allowing his discharge petition, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate M Manoj held that no case has been made out against Tharoor, which if rebutted, would warrant his conviction. The court also observed that Tharoor had 'not intentionally' prevented singing of the national anthem. The case was registered against Tharoor, Minister of State for HRD on...

COLOMBO: A decision by President Maithripala Sirisena to allow the singing of the Sri Lankan national anthem in Tamil has sparked a row, with the move coming under attack from his own Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP). "This is nothing but a betrayal. A decision to please just a 2 million (Tamil) population," Sarath Weerasekera, who was a senior commander of Sri Lankan Navy before entering politics, told parliament. He said that in India, with...

HYDERABAD: The opposition TDP members were suspended for the entire budget session of the Telangana Legislative Assembly today for showing "disrespect to the national anthem". The alleged incident had taken place on Saturday, the opening day, when Governor ESL Narasimhan delivered the customary address. Speaker S Madhusudanachari announced the suspension after legislative affairs minister T Harish Rao moved the proposal. But the suspended members refused...

'Jana Gana Mana', the country's national anthem penned by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, turned 100 today as it was first sung on this day a century ago at the 1911 Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. Written in highly Sanskritised Bengali in 1911 by one of the greatest poets of the 21st century, the song has fired patriotism in every Indian during the Independence movement. The song was adopted as the country's national anthem by the Constituent...

HAKA: The Indian national anthem was allegedly "disrespected" at the 11th South Asian Games when organisers played it abruptly during a flag raising ceremony, leaving the touring delegation stunned. During the brief ceremony yesterday at the badminton court, Indian players were left surprised after the national anthem was played abruptly and ended within few seconds in a complete breach of protocol. "Flags of the six participating countries in badminton...

HYDERABAD: The Cyberabad Police here have registered an FIR against YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem. Based on a private complaint lodged by one advocate Janardhan Goud, a local court had earlier issued directions to the Saroornagar Police to investigate the matter. After the investigation, a case was recently registered against Jaganmohan under relevant sections of the Prevention of Insults to...

MUMBAI: Actress Rani Mukherjee , who will be seen essaying the role of a cop in her upcoming film 'Mardaani', has shot a special national anthem video with police women. Rani will be featuring in the video singing the national anthem along with real cops, from constable rank to the top most officials. "Shooting the National Anthem with the women police force and Rani was quite an exhilarating experience. The women power of India singing the anthem...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has scrapped the Tamil version of its national anthem at official and state functions, a move likely to further alienate the ethnic Tamils in the country. Now the national anthem can only be rendered in the majority Sinhala language at official functions, the Sri Lankan cabinet decided. The decision was taken at the last cabinet meeting headed by the President Mahinda Rajapksha, who pointed out that no country in the...

BEIJING/BANGKOK: Indians across the world today soaked in the spirit of patriotism as they celebrated the 66th Republic Day with fervour, unfurling the tri-colour to the strains of the national anthem and organising cultural festivities to mark the occasion. In China, Indian Ambassador Ashok K Kantha hoisted the tri-colour at the Indian Embassy in Beijing and spoke of "remarkable progress" made in India-China relations. Kantha, who read the President Pranab Mukherjee's address,...

PANCHKULA: Parkash Singh Badal, whose SAD had campaigned against BJP in Haryana, today attended the swearing in of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar but outgoing CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda was conspicuous by his absence. The Punjab Chief Minister was under fire from BJP leaders after the SAD leadership, including Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal , had campaigned against the saffron party nominees during the Assembly elections. ...

PANCHKULA (HARYANA): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal who was under fire from BJP leaders after the SAD leadership, including Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal campaigned against the saffron party nominees during the Assembly elections attended the oath-taking ceremony of Manohar Lal Khattar here today. Also Om Parkash Chautala-led INLD, which was the principal opposition, besides Congress to the BJP was also represented...

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A complaint against six BJP members of the municipal board here was registered with a city court for allegedly insulting the national anthem. The complaint under section 156 (3) of the CrPC was registered in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Narendra Kumar on an application filed by another municipal member, Janardhan Vishkarmi . According to the complaint, six BJP members of the municipal board -- Yogesh Mittal, Pramod Bahrti, Raj...

MUMBAI: Actress Rani Mukherjee , who will be seen essaying the role of a cop in her upcoming film 'Mardaani', has shot a special national anthem video with police women. Rani will be featuring in the video singing the national anthem along with real cops, from constable rank to the top most officials. "Shooting the National Anthem with the women police force and Rani was quite an exhilarating experience. The women power of India singing the anthem...

NEW DELHI: THE Supreme Court today issued a notice to the government in a public interest litigation (PIL) which seeks to repair the National Anthem by replacing the word Sindh with Kashmir. The petitioner said this deletion is necessary to make the national anthem politically and geographically correct. But, the Centre differs with this contention. The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Union ministries of external affairs and HRD on the PIL. The petitioner has argued...

KOCHI: Kerala High Court today reserved its order on the petition by Union Minister Shashi Tharoor seeking a stay on further proceedings pending against him in a lower court in a case relating to alleged disrespect to the national anthem. Justice V K Mohanan, before whom the petition came up, heard the same and reserved for order. Tharoor's counsel submitted that his client never attempted to prevent singing of the national anthem and hence allegations of...

NEW DELHI: Delhi's highest monumental flagpole, measuring 207 feet, was hoisted by member of parliament from Kurukshetra and chairman of Jindal Steel and Power , Naveen Jindal here at Central Park. Jindal, who conceived the idea of monumental flagpoles, said he is, "inspired by Rahul Gandhi's idea to hoist our National flag near the Paliament. The concept of monumental flagpoles was conceived and introduced by the founder of the Flag Foundation Naveen Jindal in 2009. "The...

HYDERABAD: The Cyberabad Police here have registered an FIR against YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem. Based on a private complaint lodged by one advocate Janardhan Goud, a local court had earlier issued directions to the Saroornagar Police to investigate the matter. After the investigation, a case was recently registered against Jaganmohan under relevant sections of the Prevention of Insults to...